Granville is the latest of the ScoutCast crew to be struck down by man-flu, and while Az manfully continued last time out, like myself the week before, my old rival is forced to sit out.
But he makes sure he has his say, priming Jonty beforehand to push my buttons on the “honeytrap” that was Jordan Pickford. Jonty plays a blinder on his behalf as Granville pulls the evil strings from his sickbed.
Elsewhere in this latest episode, your community questions steer us to assess whether we should call time on Marcos Alonso to consider cut-price alternatives. We appraise the Arsenal renaissance, get Az all riled up on “JLingz”, while Jonty has his say on “whipping boys”. That, of course, are those teams that are easy to beat and guarantee big returns.
I still believe that this topic was just another excuse to have a go at Pickford, with Granville sniggering over his Lemsip (other cold remedies and goalkeepers are available).
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6 years, 3 months agoCaptaincy Salah vs Kane vs Aguero (vs Sterling): I took a quick look at each players home/away form from last 10 home/away matches (only the games the player took a part in). I also accounted goals scored and conceded team-by-team. Here are the numbers:
Kane (last 10 at home): 72 points, 5 blanks, 4 double figure hauls
Aguero (home): 76 points, 3 blanks, 3 double figure hauls
Salah (away): 77 points, 2 blanks, 3 double figure hauls
Sterling (home): 93 points, 1 blank, 5 double figure hauls
goals conceded:
LEI (away): 13 (clean sheet vs Chelsea, 2 conceded vs Liverpool)
ARS (away): 16 (3-1 loss vs Man City)
SOU (home): 14 (fairly resilient vs Spurs and Arsenal, both 1-1)
goals scored:
MCI (home): 34
TOT (home): 26
LIV (away): 25
Conclusion: It seems that Sterling is seriously overlooked as a captaincy candidate. Also Salah and Aguero are quite even. Kane is the riskiest bet but potentially more explosive than Salah and Aguero.